Like many of
you, I watched the Oscars, which is to say I watched the first thirty minutes
of it before my DVR changed the channel to Walking Dead and I went to bed. In the morning, much to my dismay, did I see
the expected winners win. Daniel
Day-Lewis I can’t argue with. I have yet
to hear how Lincoln spoke, but I suspect he became Lincoln for that movie. Christoph Waltz was the same person from
Inglorious Basterds, if you ask me, but I guess that’s how things shake
out. Anne Hathaway probably does deserve
an award for just losing that much weight and being able to sing, but you’d have
to pay me to watch Les Mis.
The most
confounding moment was Jennifer Lawrence.
I don’t even mean the falling on your face, though good on Hugh Jackman
and Bradely Cooper for coming to her aid.
But really, since when has playing in a romantic comedy earned someone
an academy award nomination, let alone a sweep through the Golden Globes and
Oscars? I mean, really? I think I may have lost all respect for the
reputable institution after this move.
Yes, JLaw was great in Winter’s Bone, but that doesn’t mean you need to
give a ‘make-up’ award for a laughable performance in a mildly diverting
rom-com. I just can’t understand it.
After sitting
through many of the best picture movies this past weekend, I found my mind
unable to wrap around how anyone in that cast, let alone the writers and
producers, getting any credit for writing a romantic comedy. I do realise that ‘As Good As It Gets’ did
this exact same thing years ago, but really, the Academy was just giving
Nicholson an award, and his trip down mental illness seemed much more believable
than either Lawrence or Cooper. Jessica
Chastain deserved that award and while I’m happy she’s happy, I’d be spitting
nails if I were her.
And while I have
your limited attention, despite what the Huffington Post tells me, I don’t
think Seth McFarlane was that bad. I
thought his monologue could have been shorter, sure, but I think it was
entertaining and didn’t steal from the show.
Yes, his jokes can be off-putting, but if you’ve never seen anything he’s
done, then that might surprise you. He
isn’t Billy Crystal, no one is or ever will be.
If you want,
here are links to all the movies I reviewed over the weekend: Beasts of theSouthern Wild, Dark Skies, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero DarkThirty.